HTTP Listener v2 Input Plugin

This plugin listens for metrics sent via HTTP in any of the supported data formats.

Note

If you would like Telegraf to act as a proxy/relay for InfluxDB v1 or InfluxDB v2 it is recommended to use the influxdb__listener or influxdb_v2_listener plugin instead.

⭐ Telegraf v1.9.0 🏷️ server 💻 all

Service Input

This plugin is a service input. Normal plugins gather metrics determined by the interval setting. Service plugins start a service to listens and waits for metrics or events to occur. Service plugins have two key differences from normal plugins:

1. The global or plugin specific interval setting may not apply
2. The CLI options of --test, --test-wait, and --once may not produce output for this plugin

Global configuration options

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc. See the CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

Configuration

# Generic HTTP write listener
[[inputs.http_listener_v2]]
  ## Address to host HTTP listener on
  ## can be prefixed by protocol tcp, or unix if not provided defaults to tcp
  ## if unix network type provided it should be followed by absolute path for unix socket
  service_address = "tcp://:8080"
  ## service_address = "tcp://:8443"
  ## service_address = "unix:///tmp/telegraf.sock"

  ## Permission for unix sockets (only available for unix sockets)
  ## This setting may not be respected by some platforms. To safely restrict
  ## permissions it is recommended to place the socket into a previously
  ## created directory with the desired permissions.
  ##   ex: socket_mode = "777"
  # socket_mode = ""

  ## Paths to listen to.
  # paths = ["/telegraf"]

  ## Save path as http_listener_v2_path tag if set to true
  # path_tag = false

  ## HTTP methods to accept.
  # methods = ["POST", "PUT"]

  ## Optional HTTP headers
  ## These headers are applied to the server that is listening for HTTP
  ## requests and included in responses.
  # http_headers = {"HTTP_HEADER" = "TAG_NAME"}

  ## HTTP Return Success Code
  ## This is the HTTP code that will be returned on success
  # http_success_code = 204

  ## maximum duration before timing out read of the request
  # read_timeout = "10s"
  ## maximum duration before timing out write of the response
  # write_timeout = "10s"

  ## Maximum allowed http request body size in bytes.
  ## 0 means to use the default of 524,288,000 bytes (500 mebibytes)
  # max_body_size = "500MB"

  ## Part of the request to consume.  Available options are "body" and
  ## "query".
  # data_source = "body"

  ## Set one or more allowed client CA certificate file names to
  ## enable mutually authenticated TLS connections
  # tls_allowed_cacerts = ["/etc/telegraf/clientca.pem"]

  ## Add service certificate and key
  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"

  ## Minimal TLS version accepted by the server
  # tls_min_version = "TLS12"

  ## Optional username and password to accept for HTTP basic authentication.
  ## You probably want to make sure you have TLS configured above for this.
  # basic_username = "foobar"
  # basic_password = "barfoo"

  ## Optional setting to map http headers into tags
  ## If the http header is not present on the request, no corresponding tag will be added
  ## If multiple instances of the http header are present, only the first value will be used
  # http_header_tags = {"HTTP_HEADER" = "TAG_NAME"}

  ## Data format to consume.
  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
  ## more about them here:
  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
  data_format = "influx"

Metrics

Metrics are collected from the part of the request specified by the data_source param and are parsed depending on the value of data_format.

Example Output

Troubleshooting

Send Line Protocol:

curl -i -XPOST 'http://localhost:8080/telegraf' --data-binary 'cpu_load_short,host=server01,region=us-west value=0.64 1434055562000000000'

Send JSON:

curl -i -XPOST 'http://localhost:8080/telegraf' --data-binary '{"value1": 42, "value2": 42}'

Send query params:

curl -i -XGET 'http://localhost:8080/telegraf?host=server01&value=0.42'